Carolina Panthers 2015 NFL Draft Roundup - Round 1

[WOW!!]

Anyone who wouldn't be thrilled with Melvin Gordon isn't thinking big picture. I promise you Gettleman is. I'd LOVE to have Gordon as our featured back going forward. I think he's the best RB to come out of college since Adrian Peterson. I know that comparison gets thrown around a lot these days, but Gordon is a beast.

Yeah right.. Just like Trent Richardson. .

[TheRumGone]

Giants drafted wilson with a shotty oline. Just sayin.

but I seriously doubt we draft a rb with our pick

[Squirrel]

Only way is if we cut ties with Stewart and Dwill both. 

[O-Ther]

We'll probably draft seven punters and call it a day

 

For all the punting we'll be doing on 1st down

 

Good call

[O-Ther]

Chill yall.  By mid-season our starting LT will be some UDFA with an extensive farming from the midwest.

 

And he will have a glorious beard.

 

The kid of a neighbor of Jordan Carsten?

 

 

Sidenote to cityfolk: next door neighbor in the farming areas of the Midwest can mean anywhere from 1/10 mile to 3 miles between farmhouses

[CatalystNX]

Yeah right.. Just like Trent Richardson. .

 

Trent Richardson was overhyped as a top-5 pick. I haven't seen any mocks with Melvin Gordon going even in the top-10. He's the first back since AP that I have said I would take with a 1st round pick - especially a late 1st round pick. I challenge anyone to compare Gordon's numbers, game clips, and just overall value as a prospect to Trent Richardson coming out of Alabama.

 

Richardson had just one 1,000+ yard season, on an elite team. Gordon was on a good team, sure, but not elite and he rushed for 2,587 yards last year at 7.5 YPC. I know college stats don't mean much in the draft compared to projected NFL fit, but there isn't one way that Melvin Gordon isn't light years ahead of Trent Richardson as an NFL prospect.

 

I honestly don't think he'll be there for us at 25, but if he is, it would be a great pick - and very likely the BPA. It's entirely possible all the worthwhile tackles are gone by 25 - or we could sign one in FA. If that's the case and Gordon is still available, there'd have to be a damn good WR/CB/DL prospect on the board to even consider passing him up.

[PandaPancake]

The kid of a neighbor of Jordan Carsten?

Sidenote to cityfolk: next door neighbor in the farming areas of the Midwest can mean anywhere from 1/10 mile to 3 miles between farmhouses

3 miles? Must be one of those freak states because that's a little close

[O-Ther]

3 miles? Must be one of those freak states because that's a little close

 

Oh I forgot cityfolk aren't familiar with the length of a country mile. It's roughly 10 city miles to the country mile

[The Lone Panther]

Picking up a LT in the FA would make much more sense than drafting an OT in the first, but I still think we should double dip at OT in draft for depth.  Maybe around the 4th or 5th rounds, depending on how many comp picks we get.  We could draft Corey Robinson (LT) from South Carolina and Austin Shepperd (RT) from Alabama.  Both have potential to grow into starters in the future. 

[Goondal]

That sentiment is wideley accepted but I gotta be honest, this RB class is damn good. One of the better ones in recent memory with Abdullah, Gordon, Gurley, and Tevin "the f'n man" Coleman.

in that case we can easily fill the position after the first round, no?

[KillerKat]

lmfao @ the Gordon pick

[KillerKat]

in that case we can easily fill the position after the first round, no?

fify

[KillerKat]

Ahhhh, I remember there being a thread on this. It was a pretty good one actually. CB and DE have to be the top two tho.

Yea after QB, I gotta go with CB. With the ticky tack rules, corners have to be nearly perfect in coverage.

[chknwing]

My gut is starting to tell me we go DE in the first.

 

mine is telling me they take OT La' El Collins in the first and go DE in the 2nd with Mario Edwards